The 2010 Barbera d’Asti bursts from the palate with an exciting tapestry of racy red fruits, spices and French oak. Here, too, the fruit is quite beautiful but the oak is a bit too noticeable to allow the true pedigree of the vintage to be fully expressive. Still, this is a solid showing. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2015. Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770